Systematic list of benthic invertebrates identified in the Heard Island and McDonald Islands region from 129 beam trawl or epibenthic sled samples.

• Other Authors: CONSTABLE, ANDREW (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WELSFORD, DIRK (hasPrincipalInvestigator), HIBBERD, TY (processor), KILPATRICK, ROBBIE (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: biota; oceans; ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC; Benthic Invertebrates; Biodiversity; Beam Trawl; Epibenthic Sled; Epibenthic Assemblages; HIMI; TRAWL; SHIPS; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Heard Island; Queensland; Heard; McDonald Islands; Antarc*; Australian Antarctic Division
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/systematic-list-benthic-sled-samples/701142; https://doi.org/10.4225/15/534F39FB206A8; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/HIMI_Benthic_Invertebrates_2003_2008; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

This database provides the most comprehensive systematic list of mega-epibenthic assemblages in the Australian Economic Exclusive Zone (AEEZ) of Heard Island and McDonalds Islands (HIMI) at water depths between 168 and 970 m. Data were collected to better understand the types and distribution of ben...